Improvement in device for packing eggs for transportation



dilated States patent @twine AUSTIN S. SMITH, 0F LAWRENCE,MASSACIIUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 97,129, dated November 23, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent :mi making part of thesame To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUSTIN S. SMITH, of Lawrence, in the county ot`Essex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Modeof Packing Eggs, Fruit, 85e.; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference heilig hadto the accompanying dawings, forming part of this specification.

This intent-ion relates to an improved mode of packing eggs, fruit, andother substances requiring to be prevented from coming in contact, inthe case, or

incapable ot' resisting any considerable pressure, as

when packed en masse.

The invention consists in the employment of pockets, made in pairs, ofstrips ot' st-il paper, leather, or-

ba-rk, fol/ded or joined in a way to make two pockets of one strip, andby one fastening, and of the proper size to receive one article each.,the said pockets being openat each end, and arranged in tiers -in a box,barrel, or case, with dividing-boards between each tier, constitutingthe end walls of the said pockets, when in position, all as hereinafterspecified.

Figure l represents a sectional elevation of a package of eggs, arrangedaccording to my improvement;

Figure 2 represents a top View 4of a pair of pockets containing eggs;and

Figure 3 represents a plan view of a pair of pockets, when empty,showing the compact form in which they may be packed for transportation,in return shipping, or otherwise.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

These pockets A re made by' bending strips of sti paper, leather, bark,or other substance, and of the. proper length and breadth for thearticle to he packed, in the form represented in top View, fig. 2, thatis, one

end is bent to the right, and the other to the left, and both lappedagainst the centre at a, where the two ends and centre part are. allconnected together by one set of tastenings, ot' cords passing throughholes, and tied, or other suitable means.

They are then pressed or folded down into the form represented in iig.3, for convenience and economy ot' packing for transportation, so that'when expanded for use and packed, they 'assume the elliptical formrepresented in tig. 2, and may be arranged in rows, so that the pointsof one row will wedge into the angle's of the adjacent row, the saidpockets standing on end in tiers in the case or barrel in which they areplaced, so that the bottoms and tops of the cases form the one end wallfor the upper and lower tiers, and the other end walls of the tiers areformed by boards or other dividing-plates, placed between each tier.

By this mode of packing, each tier is supported by the pockets below,,and the weight ofthe articles above is entirely ,taken o' those below,while but little lateral pressure will exist if the case is not turnedou the side.

There is also an economy of space and weight over i \Vitnesses Trios. A.PARSONS, (.rmnmrs Aven,

